Triple
T21447126
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Old People |
E529105
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Isaac McCaslin |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Isaac McCaslin | Statement: [The Old People, mainCharacter, Isaac McCaslin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isaac McCaslin Context triple: [The Old People, mainCharacter, Isaac McCaslin]
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A.
Isaac McCaslin
chosen
Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
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B.
Ned McCaslin
Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
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C.
Uncle Quentin
Uncle Quentin is the often-absent-minded, irritable but brilliant scientist and father of George in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series.
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D.
Henry Sutpen
Henry Sutpen is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen’s son whose conflicted loyalties and tragic choices drive much of the story’s drama.
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E.
Thomas Sutpen
Thomas Sutpen is the ruthless, enigmatic plantation owner at the center of William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose obsessive pursuit of a self-made dynasty drives the book’s tragic exploration of race, class, and the legacy of the American South.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69e0c457579481909db68053ed99750c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e9e9cea7bc81909ee3e1cdeda1fe7e |
completed | April 23, 2026, 9:43 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:06 p.m.